11 July, 2018
Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its international finance practice with the appointment of consultant Gregory Xu, who will launch a general banking practice in Singapore.
Xu has extensive experience acting for financial institutions, funds, government agencies and companies. He advises in relation to structuring, documenting and re-structuring a combination of limited recourse and non-recourse syndicated and bilateral transactions in the fields of general/corporate, project, asset, trade, acquisition and leverage finance. He focuses on the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions and regularly acts for clients in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. Xu joins the firm from Clifford Chance.
Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance has a long-established reputation for the calibre of its shipping and aviation finance practices, and has more recently become known for its advice on English and – through its alliance partner, Virtus Law – Singaporean law for a wider spectrum of finance law, including restructuring and insolvency and structured finance.
"Gregory's appointment to the finance group of the Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance will allow us to continue to develop this market-leading practice area," said Gregg Johnston, Singapore head of shipping and offshore finance, Stephenson Harwood.
"Partner Jason Yang has made great headway with establishing restructuring and insolvency capabilities in the region, while senior associate Ethan Tan has made significant progress in building our structured finance capabilities. Adding general banking expertise under the stewardship of a highly talented lawyer such as Gregory will further bolster our finance practice, allowing us to better support and advise our clients across a much wider range of finance matters."
Stephenson Harwood has an award-winning finance team with more than 200 specialist lawyers working across the firm's offices in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
